Google Cloud Platform for education

Google Cloud Platform free programs for teaching, learning, and research in higher education.

Power what's possible with Google Cloud Platform

Whether your focus is teaching, research, learning, or entrepreneurship, you can use Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to go further, faster. GCP is a suite of cloud solutions for storage, big data, and machine learning. Apply now for one of the free GCP programs available for your higher education needs.

Prepare Your Students for Cloud Computing

Give students the ability to learn on the leading cloud platform. On Google Cloud
Platform, students will find all the tools necessary to build a wide range of
applications and have access to the same infrastructure, data analytics, and machine
learning that Google uses.

Free Credits

University faculty can apply for Google Cloud Platform Education Grants for their
computer science courses. Approved applicants will receive a grant for free credits
which their teaching staff and students can use on any
Google Cloud Platform product.

Documentation for Professors and Students

Along with credits, this program hosts a group of faculty using the program and will
provide a curated set of resources designed to help students and faculty use Google
Cloud Platform products effectively in computer science curricula. Explore more in the
Training and Resource Center.

Big Data and Machine Learning Tools

With Education Grants, faculty, teaching staff and students will receive free credits
that they can use on any Google Cloud Platform product. Faculty, teaching staff and
students in mobile development courses can start coding their apps immediately on
Google App Engine and scale without the headache of managing
servers. Vision API and Translation API
provide straightforward examples for machine learning lessons while
BigQuery allows students to explore the challenges of
working with large data sets. Google Cloud Platform can be used in courses covering
Networking, Cyber Security, System Administration, and more.

Eligibility

Faculty can apply for Education Grants for computer science courses meeting the following criteria:

United States: Teachers and faculty at universities that are regionally accredited, teaching computer science or other related courses.
International: Teachers and faculty at higher learning institutions and universities that can award degrees teaching computer science or other related courses and located in these countries.
Program FAQs are here.

If you are not a faculty member, or you are a faculty member in a
country not listed above, you can still
express interest. Opt in for communications from us and we'll send you information
about other credit programs and news from Google Cloud Platform.

Please note that grants are made at Google's discretion. Google
reserves the right to not grant credits and change the criteria for granting credits at
any time.

Additional Resources

Speed up your research with Google Cloud Platform

The GCP research credits program can help you move from bold ideas to
breakthrough discoveries in a fraction of the time. With free credits for
Google Cloud Platform, you will have access to the power and flexibility
needed to advance your research and scale with ease.

Free Credits

Researchers can apply for GCP research credits to power scientific workloads. Academic researchers in qualified countries are encouraged to apply. Approved applicants will receive free credits towards any Google Cloud Platform products for academic research workloads.

Examples from Universities

“The ability to compute scalably on so much data will allow us to ask questions that we cannot ask now. There are going to be major scientific discoveries enabled by this.”

Ryan Abernathey
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences,
Ocean and Climate Physics at Columbia University

Eligibility

To apply for GCP research credits, academic researchers must meet the following criteria:

1. Applicant is a faculty member at an accredited education institution within these countries.
2. Application is complete with one-page proposal

Review GCP research credits program FAQ. Please note that grants are made at Google's discretion. Google reserves the right to not grant credits and change the criteria for granting credits at any time.

Are your students cloud-ready?

Google Cloud has formed a Cloud Engineer career readiness path for students
in higher education. With enterprise-ready curriculum, help your students
achieve the industry-recognized Associate Cloud Engineer certification.
Lead a sprint through the Associate Cloud Engineer track in 16 weeks.
Motivated students who are familiar with basic concepts related to operating systems,
networking, databases, and programming are good candidates for this program.

Train and get certified

University faculty can apply for the Associate Cloud Engineer track. Approved
applicants will be able to enroll their students into the track to obtain
training and certification, along with other benefits to build cloud skills.
The Associate Cloud Engineer track includes the following:

Self-paced labs

Google Cloud Certified

Prepare to take the exam and earn your Associate Cloud Engineer Certification.
(100% discount for faculty and 50% discount for students subject to members adhering
to the timelines mentioned by Google at the start of the program and other criteria.)

Eligibility

United States: Teachers and faculty at
universities that are regionally accredited, teaching computer science or
other related courses.
Google is excited to provide institution(s) with participation in the program,
including Google Cloud training and certification for faculty, valued at $450
per individual. This is not a gift to any specific individual; rather, it
is a donation to the institution.

As a reminder, Alphabet companies may be vendors and/or
lobbyist employers and employees of Alphabet companies may be registered lobbyists.
If institution(s) cannot accept this gift or if accepting the gift would prevent
Alphabet companies from supplying products or services to institution(s),
please notify us and we will arrange for you to be removed from the Program.

International: Teachers and faculty at
higher learning institutions and universities that can award degrees
teaching computer science or other related courses and located in these
countries.

If you are not a faculty member, or you are a faculty member
in a country not listed above, you can still express interest.
Opt in for communications from us and we'll send you information about other credit
programs and news from Google Cloud Platform.

Please note that grants are made at Google's discretion.
Google reserves the right to not grant credits and change the criteria for
granting credits at any time.

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